The project goal is to develop through transgressive-regressive (T-R) cycle characterization and modeling a sequence-stratigraphic predictive model that can be used for improved petroleum trap and reservoir imaging, detection, and delineation by using the characteristics and geometries of T-R cycle units and their associated bounding surfaces to provide a reliable and advanced approach for targeting stratigraphic traps and specific reservoir facies associated with continental and coastal plain geologic systems. This model also could be used to demonstrate the importance of using T-R cycles in the formulation of advanced exploration strategies in the search for underdeveloped and undiscovered petroleum resources associated with stratigraphic traps and with specific continental and coastal plain facies.